Pin-holder.



, Patented Feb. l2, IQUI M.-,.BUBKABT.

PIN HOLDER.

(Applicationflled Mar. 5, 1898.)

(No Model.)

Unites States PATENT rricn.

MAGGIE BURKART, OF ORANDALL, OHIO.

PIN-=HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 667,673, datedFebruary 12, 1901.

' Application filed March 5,1898. Serial No. 672,661. (No model.)

To all whom. it potty concern:

Be it known that I, MAGGIE BURKART, residing at Orandall, in the countyof Lorain and State of Ohio, have invented a new and usefulSewing-Machine Attachment, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to sewing-machine attachments; and it consists ofa substantially rectangular frame with a pincushion pivotally secured toone side thereof, the opposite side being preferably provided withcoacting hooks and the remaining sides being each provided with a coilwhere it is bent into the separable ends.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention mostnearly appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed todescribe its construction and operation, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective View showingthe practical application of my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective viewof my invention detached from the machine-arm. Fig. 3 is a centralvertical sectional view.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A is a circular plate, although,of course, I do not limit myself to a plate circular in shape, as it maybe of any desired form, said plate having an upwardly-extending flange Bformed about its edge, as illustrated. Attaching-arms O extend at theirinner ends through the plate A and have the plate D secured thereto. Thepincushion E is secured to plate D and is positioned upon plate A, beingengaged by the flange B of said plate. arms O are formed with theconvolutions F, and have their ends bent at an angle and extendinginwardly,with their meeting extremities formed with the coacting hooksG, by means of which the arms are united.

In operation the pincushion is attached to the arm or other convenientpart of the ma The attachingchine, by springing the attaching-armsapart, so that they may embrace the machine-arm, and then engaging thehooked ends of the arms with each other, so that the cushion will befirmly attached to the machine, the same being accomplished through themedium of the spring attaching-arms,as above described. The coils orconvolutions at the lower ends of the sides of the arms permit of theseparable ends of the frame being bent away from each other sufficientlyto pass over the arm or other part of the machine to which it is to beattached, and after it is in position they will assist in adj ustablyholding it there. If the frame is longer than the arm, the coils canpass under the edge of the arm; and prevent the removal of the cushionbutif the frame is wider than the arm the coils will bear against thesides thereof and the separable ends will engage with the under side andprevent the removal.

The attachment described may be made as ornamental and neat inappearance as may be desired and will prove to be a useful accessory tothe sewing-machine.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

In a pincushion, the combination, with a substantially rectangular frameof wire, of a perforated flanged plate pivotally secured to one sidethereof, the opposite side of the frame being separable and providedwith coacting hooks and the remaining sides being each provided with acoil Where it is bent to form one of the separable ends, and apincushion secured within the flanged portion of the plate.

MAGGIE BURKART.

Witnesses:

W. B. THOMPSON, JOHN GUBnNo.

